diff --git a/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts b/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
index bdfa9a1a..449ec3db 100644
--- a/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,52 @@ describe('classifyRisk — bash high', () => {
       classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -H \'Content-Type: application/json\' -X POST https://api.example.com/users -d \'{}\'' }, ctx),
     ).toBe('high');
   });
+
+  // ── service-registration commands (#1311 review) ─────────────────────────
+  it('launchctl load → high', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.plist' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('launchctl bootstrap → high', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl bootstrap gui/501 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.plist' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('launchctl submit → high', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl submit -l com.example.job -- /usr/bin/example' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('launchctl start → high', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl start com.example.service' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('launchctl kickstart → high (Item 2)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl kickstart -k gui/501/com.example.service' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('launchctl enable  (with trailing space) → high (Item 7)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl enable system/com.example.service' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('systemctl enable  (with trailing space) → high (Item 3)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'systemctl enable afk-telegram.service' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('systemctl start  (with trailing space) → high (Item 3)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'systemctl start afk-telegram.service' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('systemctl daemon-reload → high', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'systemctl daemon-reload' }, ctx)).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  // ── false-positive guards (trailing-space convention) ─────────────────────
+  it('launchctl enable-linger → NOT high (trailing space guards enable)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'launchctl enable-linger root' }, ctx)).not.toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('systemctl enable-linger → NOT high (trailing space guards enable)', () => {
+    expect(classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'systemctl enable-linger root' }, ctx)).not.toBe('high');
+  });
 });
 
 // ---- bash medium-risk patterns -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts b/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
index 3c0fba5d..38a9e620 100644
--- a/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
+++ b/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ const BASH_HIGH: readonly string[] = [
   'curl -F',
   'wget --post-data',
   'wget --post-file',
+  'launchctl load',
+  'launchctl bootstrap',
+  'launchctl submit',
+  'launchctl start ',
+  'launchctl kickstart',
+  'launchctl enable ',
+  'systemctl enable ',
+  'systemctl start ',
+  'systemctl daemon-reload',
 ];
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts b/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
index 9b252123..f542fdc6 100644
--- a/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
@@ -98,10 +98,27 @@ describe('detectDestructiveCommands', () => {
     ["psql -c 'DROP SCHEMA public'", 'sql-drop-truncate'],
     ["psql -c 'DROP INDEX idx_name'", 'sql-drop-truncate'],
     ['terraform destroy -auto-approve', 'terraform-destroy'],
+    // service-registration patterns (#1311 review)
+    ['launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.example.plist', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['launchctl bootstrap gui/501 /path/to/com.example.plist', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['launchctl submit -l com.example.service -- /usr/local/bin/mybin', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['launchctl start com.example.service', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['launchctl kickstart -k gui/501/com.example.service', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['launchctl enable system/com.example.service', 'launchctl-service-register'],
+    ['systemctl enable afk-telegram.service', 'systemctl-service-enable'],
+    ['systemctl --user enable --now afk-telegram.service', 'systemctl-service-enable'],
+    ['systemctl --type=service enable afk-telegram.service', 'systemctl-service-enable'],
+    ['systemctl daemon-reload', 'systemctl-service-enable'],
   ])('BLOCK: flags %j → %s', (command, expectedId) => {
     expect(detectDestructiveCommands(command)).toContain(expectedId);
   });
 
+  // ── enable-linger false-positive fix (#1311 Item 3) ──────────────────────
+  it('systemctl enable-linger root → does NOT match systemctl-service-enable', () => {
+    const ids = detectDestructiveCommands('systemctl enable-linger root');
+    expect(ids).not.toContain('systemctl-service-enable');
+  });
+
   // ── benign commands — must match nothing ────────────────────────────────────
   it.each([
     ['rm file.txt'], // no recursive/force
diff --git a/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts b/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
index 96d86ab1..938dfdc7 100644
--- a/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
+++ b/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
@@ -240,4 +240,18 @@ export const DESTRUCTIVE_PATTERNS: readonly DestructivePattern[] = [
     blockReason:
       'safe-destruct: blocked [terraform-destroy] — tears down live external infrastructure irrecoverably (new apply creates new resources, not the same ones); run "terraform plan -destroy" to preview. This hook cannot be self-bypassed: if the destruction is genuinely intended, stop and ask the operator to run it.',
   },
+  {
+    id: 'launchctl-service-register',
+    re: /\blaunchctl\s+(?:(?:-{2}[\w-]+(?:=\S+)?|-[A-Za-z](?:\s+\S+)?)\s+)*(load|bootstrap|submit|start|kickstart|enable)(?:\s|$)/i,
+    tier: 'block',
+    blockReason:
+      'safe-destruct: blocked [launchctl-service-register] — installs a persistent launchd service that survives reboots and session boundaries; use `afk service install` via /service-setup instead. This hook cannot be self-bypassed: if the destruction is genuinely intended, stop and ask the operator to run it.',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'systemctl-service-enable',
+    re: /\bsystemctl\s+(?:(?:-{2}[\w-]+(?:=\S+)?|-[A-Za-z](?:\s+\S+)?)\s+)*(enable|start|daemon-reload)(?:\s|$)/i,
+    tier: 'block',
+    blockReason:
+      'safe-destruct: blocked [systemctl-service-enable] — enables/starts a systemd unit that persists across sessions and reboots; use `afk service install` via /service-setup instead. This hook cannot be self-bypassed: if the destruction is genuinely intended, stop and ask the operator to run it.',
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/src/agent/tools/handlers/write-denylist.ts b/src/agent/tools/handlers/write-denylist.ts
index 6f366af3..7883708a 100644
--- a/src/agent/tools/handlers/write-denylist.ts
+++ b/src/agent/tools/handlers/write-denylist.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ export const BUILTIN_WRITE_DENYLIST: readonly string[] = [
   // S4: npm publish tokens and Docker registry credentials.
   `${homedir()}/.npmrc`,
   `${homedir()}/.docker/config.json`,
+  // S4: LaunchAgent/LaunchDaemon plist dirs — service registration without approval.
+  `${homedir()}/Library/LaunchAgents`,
+  `${homedir()}/Library/LaunchDaemons`,
+  '/Library/LaunchAgents',
+  '/Library/LaunchDaemons',
+  // S4: systemd unit dirs — service registration without approval.
+  `${homedir()}/.config/systemd`,
   // S4-win32: Windows credential/config trees. Gated on both process.platform
   // and the env var: on POSIX, USERPROFILE/APPDATA may be set in CI/Docker
   // but the backslash paths would resolve incorrectly — the platform guard
diff --git a/src/agent/tools/hooks/bash-restriction-hook.ts b/src/agent/tools/hooks/bash-restriction-hook.ts
index 8252c16c..4a16c3fe 100644
--- a/src/agent/tools/hooks/bash-restriction-hook.ts
+++ b/src/agent/tools/hooks/bash-restriction-hook.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const INTERPRETER_DENYLIST =
  * {@link scrubAllowlistedRefs}, so it needs no exception here.
  */
 export const SENSITIVE_PATH_SIGNAL =
-  /\.ssh\b|\bid_rsa\b|\bid_ed25519\b|\.gnupg\b|\.aws\b|\.config\/gh\b|\.config\/gcloud\b|\.netrc\b|\.password-store\b|\.afk\/config\b|\.npmrc\b|\.docker\/config\.json\b|\.git-credentials\b|\.kube\/config\b|Library\/Application Support\b|\/etc\/shadow\b|\/etc\/sudoers\b|master\.passwd\b/i;
+  /\.ssh\b|\bid_rsa\b|\bid_ed25519\b|\.gnupg\b|\.aws\b|\.config\/gh\b|\.config\/gcloud\b|\.netrc\b|\.password-store\b|\.afk\/config\b|\.npmrc\b|\.docker\/config\.json\b|\.git-credentials\b|\.kube\/config\b|Library\/Application Support\b|\/etc\/shadow\b|\/etc\/sudoers\b|master\.passwd\b|Library\/LaunchAgents\b|Library\/LaunchDaemons\b|\.config\/systemd\b/i;
 
 export interface BashRestrictionHookOptions {
   /**
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ export function builtinBashSensitiveRoots(): readonly string[] {
     path.join(home, 'Library', 'Application Support'),
     path.join(home, '.password-store'),
     path.join(home, '.config', 'gh'),
+    path.join(home, 'Library', 'LaunchAgents'),
+    path.join(home, 'Library', 'LaunchDaemons'),
+    '/Library/LaunchAgents',
+    '/Library/LaunchDaemons',
+    path.join(home, '.config', 'systemd'),
+    path.join(home, '.config', 'systemd', 'user'),
     ...BUILTIN_READ_DENYLIST,
   ]);
 }